The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-23


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most in enc solid body. Further up
the road In Hopkins county, the COM
pany possess 1000 acres Of coal land.
THE COAL LANDS.
Gen. VIM. H. Irwin in 1875 made q
report on the coal lands OF this re-
gion. He said: 81 am q native OF
Pennsylvania, and thoroughly familiar |
with her bituminous, anthraciferous |
and anthrsci coal fields and her iron
ore fields, and / declare that the coal
lands OF the Grab Tree Coal Company
exceed in available absolute value any
coal lands have eyer seen In that
great State, where anthracite coal land
is worth $1,000 to $4,000 per acre, and
the best bituminous coal lands $500
per acre" This property Ia Hopkins
county sdjoins the property OF the
Grand Rivers Company.
David Dale Owen third report OF
the geo 'ogical survey in Kentucky,
p. l3), in discussing the Goals Of West
Elm Kentucky, says: "No. 8 has been
traced through Henderson, the greater
part OF Union, Hopkins, into Butler,
preserving thickness Of from three
10 Ave feet. Over the same ground
No. IL usually accompanies No. 8, at
tainirg q thickness In Hopkins and
Muhlenburg counties oil six to seven
and a half feet, lying usually from
eighty to 100 feet above it. Nos. IL,
@, 5, 4 and 3 come next in the order
| Cf perBistency and reliability. No. IL
! has been observed best developed in
Hopkins aud MuhIenburg counties,
ranging usually from two TO four feet"
Mr.. Leo Lesqueieux, In his paleon-
biological report, page $40, says Of No.
8 coal: "This is, in Western Ken
lucky, a reliable bed and Its coal is
generally Of ve'y good quality. It's
thickness varies from three to five
feet" The same writer, in q renort OF
1880 (psges 1924 81, says of No. II:
"The vein No. ~ IL 80 often In such
close proximity to or in connection
with No. IL that 1t may be regarded a.
one OF it's members. The extens Oh Of
these veins is finely exemplified n ar
Clark'e mill, Bond river, on the linus
OF Muhlenburg and Hopkins coun-
ties" OF No IL he says: "Undtr tins
Llwellyn's and Wa sons minee, Hop
kins county, it is twelve feet thick"
o ! the same pag; 1885, he compares
this with the Pittsburg coal. Now
from the final report Of the geological
survey OF Pennsylvania which has
Just been publisbe ed 1t Is evident that
the great vein OF Greensburg Ia the
equivalent OF the Pittsburg coal, and
const quently that this celebrated vein
finds In the western coal basin OF
Kentucky lis representatives In our
Noe. IL and IL coal" On page 800 OF
the fourth report Of the geological
survey in Kentucky, made during the
years 1853 and 1859, Lesquereux Gays
OF Hopkins county: "This county
has in store for the future by far the
greatest provision Of coal OF the west
ern basin. Its wealth In the
mineral Ia truly beyond compu
tation. All the veins from No.
TO IL, generally we'll developed, ex
tend n q ly owe; the whole area Of this
county and all the oulcrops Of easy
cess" When Lesquereux wrote he
lamented the absence of railroad
which would render 1t possible to OK
plot these coal lands. This deficiency
has at length been supplied. The
lands purchased by the Grand Rivers
Company are easily accessible, and 9
branch OF eight miles will bring the
most distant to the main line OF the
railroad, or one Of three miles will
connect with the branch that runs tc
the Grab Tree mines, which furnishes
both Memphis and Louisville and St
, Louis with q large quantity Of Goa
for domestic and manufacturing pur
, poses. These lands were selected by
an expert, q resident, who examined
! each tract before purchasing 1t. Tit
/ above documents bear out the asssr
ton which WIS made that the qusnti
, ty OF No. 8 and No. ~ coal on tn,
, company's property was int xhausti
! bic. No. IL coal, II must be RENE m
bered, can be cooked with admirable
success, but II also can be used raw II
the blast furnace to smelt iron.
THE IRON ORE LANDS.
These lie between the Cumberland
: and Tennessee rivers, In Livlngstol
and Lyon counties. This region Ii
billy and rolling and almost "solit
IRON" The Kentucky Geological Re
ports of 1879 (p. 69) FAYE: "The mos
! extensive and best developed or
, region of Western Kentucky is callet
the Cumberland river iron region. l
embraces the whole or parts of Trlgs
Lyon, Livingston, Crittenden an,
Caldwell counties. The ores Of thi
4 region are limonites. Tie ores are
perhaps, found in greater abundant
a in the country between the Cumbel
land and Tennessee rivers than in an
other portion Of this region, althoug
there a'e extensive deposits on tn
east side of the Cumberland rive
= which have been largely worked.
!, Commenting on this writer, Mr.. Oh
: YER H. Stratton, OF Louisville, says
"Inferentially this statement inducs
q the conclusion that terra firma b.
i tween the Cumberland and Tennessee
+ rivers must certainly be made up
solid iron." The report first quote
}, continues: THE ores are excaller
a quality, being almost entirely, ire
i from sulphur and containing but
. small amount of phosphorus. III
o iron produced from these ores is OF
70 very high grade. From this IRON ID maj
o ufactured the celebrated Hillman
g boiler plate. OF which 1t is said that 7
}, boiler constructed OF this iron hi
y ever exploded. This iron ranks equ
81 or superior to any other boiler pla
n manufactured in the United State
y 1t is used largely for steamboat an
" locomotive boilers, for VIII CHI latt
y purpose 1t finds an extensive markt
g. even as far as the Racific slope. Co
10 siderable ore from this region has be-
N shipped to furnaces AZ q dtstanc
re Bale Psylon, the great whiG orsto
g. used to say that boiler OF this met
IN acted as u life preserver for Il
10 traveller.
o. In 1875 the Courier Journal pu
.. lished letter written by Mr.. .,
IN Ess on these mineral lsnds. "V
oil have" he says, "ive counties
Western Kentucky which produ
% limonite ores, Auxes, hearthston.'
70 fireclay and coal, almost in bod
rs besides, two Of these counties (LiviI